Article of manufacture



Oct. 30, 1934. M. RYAN 1,979,053

ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE Filed Aug. 18, 1933 1 v5 TOR. [5/ m1 W Patented Oct. 30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 18,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and useful improved article of manufacture and more particularly relates to a device for retaining the shoulder straps of womens apparel in proper position 5 upon the wearers shoulders.

It is an object of my invention to provide a de-- vice of the above character which shall be simple in construction, comparatively low in cost of manufacture and which can be readily attached to the underside of a dress and capable of receiving the shoulder straps of an under-garment for retainment thereof in proper position over the wearers shoulders.

Another object of my invention resides in the provision of a device of the above-described character which is constructed of a single wire with inter-engaging portions which can readily be disengaged to receive a shoulder strap therebetween and then inter-engaged to retain such shoulder strap between the parts.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction of an under-garment shoulder strap retaining device shown in preferred embodiment in the attached drawing, described in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing the application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved device,

Fig. 3 shows a portion of the wire and a silk or other material wrapped thereabout.

In the illustrations, Fig. 1 shows a portion of the body and a dress 10. The under-garment 11 is shown by dotted lines and includes shoulder straps 12 which are retained in place by my improved devices generally indicated by numeral 40 14.

The devices 14 are sewed to the underside of the shoulders of the dress 10 at points indicated by 13.

The device 14 is constructed from a single piece of very thin wire 14 of any suitable material such as copper or steel, and may be silver or gold plated, or the wire may be covered with silk or other fabric as shown in Fig. 3.

The device as shown more clearly in Fig. 2, is

preferably in the form of a shield, however, the

general configuration may of course be varied.

In the design or configuration shown herein, the length of wire is formed with an open loop 14 substantially intermediate the length thereof and from the loop 14 the wire is spread to form sides 14 which are progressively spread apart and then brought together to form a pair of concentric loops 14 which loops 14 are positioned on the longitudinal center-line of the figure passing through the loop 14 1933, Serial No. 685,680

From the loops 14 the end portions of the wire are twisted as at HF, and then the said end portions are further twisted in a number of spaced sections as at 14* so as to form open loops 14 between the twisted sections 14*.

Finally the end portions of the wire are formed into a pair of concentric loops 14 and the very ends of the wire are twisted back over the last twisted section 14*. Thus the twisted sections 14 and the looped portions l4 form a retaining member 14 which extends longitudinally of the device from the loops 14 to its terminus in the double loop 14 at its free end.

The member 14 could obviously be formed in any desirable configuration, as for instance, it might be made entirely of a continuous twisted section and the loops 1& eliminated. I use the loops 14 for the purpose of making such member 14 more flexible.

In use, the wearer simply unhooks the looped end 14 from the loop 14 and passes same under one of the shoulder straps 12 and then re-hooks the looped end 14 over the loop 14 and thus confines the shoulder strap between the member 14 and the sides 14 and also between the end 14 of the loop 14 I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a single wire having a loop formed substantially intermediate its ends, a pair of concentric loops formed between said first-named loop and the ends of said wire, and a twisted member extending from said pair of concentric loops, said twisted member being formed of the ends of said wire, and having a loop formed at its terminus, and being arranged to be hooked with said terminal loop over said first-named loop and adapted to retain a flexible member between said twisted member and the portions of said wire extending between said first-named loop and said concentric loops.

2. A device as embodied in claim 1, and including said twisted member consisting of alternately looped and twisted sections.

3. In a device of the character described, a body comprising a single flexible member forming a main open elongated loop with two comparatively smaller loops formed at opposite ends of said main loop, and an extension of said body from one of said smaller loops, said extension being disposed longitudinally of said main loop and having a terminal loop at its free end which is adapted to be inserted over the other of said smaller loops.

4. A device as embodied in claim 3, and including said extension consisting of a pair of portions twisted together to strengthen such extension.

MARY RYAN. 

